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cum Ten.), is generally gro'WTi for its i 

 fruit, which is eaten as a sauce, &c. 

 It is, however, veiy ornamental when 

 the fruit is ripe, from its large size 

 and brilliant colour. There are 

 several kinds, varying in the size and ■ 

 the colour of the fruit. Nearly all 

 the kinds are annuals, which shoidd • 

 be raised on a hotbed, and planted \ 

 out in May against a wall or an ; 

 espalier i-ailing, to which they should 

 be trained ; they all require a rich 

 soil, and abundance of sun and air 

 to bring them to perfection. 



Lycopo'dium. — Cryptogd raia Ly- 

 copodinece. — Club-moss. — A curious 

 kind of moss, common in Europe and 

 America, some of the kinds of which 

 are very ornamental. L. heheticum, 

 which is very handsome, is generally 

 grown in pots in greenhouses. It 

 should be gro-wTi in peat and loam, 

 and allowed abundance of water. L. 

 c'cesium is a new species lately intro- 

 duced from China, which is extremely 

 ornamental from the beautiful glau- 

 cous bloom which appears to be on 

 the fronds. A variety of L. c. arho- 

 reicm is exceedingly handsome. 



Lysima'chia. — Priniiddcece. — 

 Loose-strife. — Herbaceous plants 

 with yellow flowers, chiefly peren- 

 nials, and of which one species, L. 

 Nunimiddria (j\Ioneywort) is a well- 

 known ever-green trailer, which, 

 when kept in a pot of moist soil, 

 will produce shoots of two or three 

 feet in length, which hang doT\Ti on 

 every side. L. vertlcillata is an 

 upright-growing plant, with abun- 

 dance of showy yellow flowers, which 

 look very well planted in the borders 

 of a large garden. They will grow 

 in any common garden soil. The 

 most showy species of the genus is, 

 however, L. nutans, with dark red 

 flowers, a native of South Africa but 

 flowers freely in the open air during 

 summer ; and only requires protec- 

 tion from frost in the winter. 



Ly'thrum. — Lythracece. — A ge- 

 nus of very ornamental hardy peren- 

 nials, which grow in any common soil 

 kept moist, and are propagated by 

 division. L. Salicaria is a native 

 of Britain on the banks of rivers, 

 and grows to the height of four feet ; 

 L. diffilsum grows to the height of 

 one foot ; and both these species 

 produce their purple flowers in July 

 or August, when flowers are com- 

 paratively rarer than they are in 

 June and September. L. virgatum 

 grows three feet high, and produces 

 its purple flowers from June to 

 September. 



Lytt.e'a. — See Littjg'a. 



l/TACLU^RA. — Urtlcacece.—Ihe 

 -'-'•■- Osage-orange. — A handsome de- 

 ciduous tree, v/ith small shining yel- 

 lowish green leaves and many thorns. 

 The flowers are white and rather 

 small ; but the fruit, which is as 

 large as an orange, and of a brilliant 

 golden yellow, is very ornamental. 

 These trees are as yet rare in British 

 gardens, but they have borne finiit iu 

 the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. The 

 male and female flowers are on 

 different trees. It is supposed that 

 the leaves of this plant will be equally 

 good as those of the White Mulberry 

 forfeedingsilk-worms, as they abound 

 in a milky juice which is very tena- 

 1 cious. The jVIaclura succeeds better 

 I in rather a poor soil ; as where the 

 I soil is too rich, the plant makes 

 j shoots more luxuriant than it can 

 I ripen ; and thus the tips of the 

 I young wood are often killed by frost. 

 i Maddee.— See Ru'bia. 



Ma'dia. — Composites. — Jl. sa- 

 tiva is a weedy-looking plant, grown 

 in Germany for crushing its seeds 

 to make oil. 3f. elegans {Madaria 

 elegans Dec.) is a coarse growing 

 annual, with woolly leaves and very 

 pretty yellow flowers, which are 



